Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Sadeep Madurange
Hi Severus, Sorry, I forgot to substitute for the interface. Trying again with # wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp0s20f3 -c <(wpa_passphrase gcat ***) -d outputs: wpa_supplicant v2.10 Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant Initializing interface 'wlp0s20f3' conf '/dev/fd/63' driver 'default' ctrl_inte

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Sadeep Madurange
On 2023-11-16 16:58:42, Severus wrote: > Could you generate config with wpa_passphrase before? Sure, trying to connect with wpa_passphrase: $ wpa_supplicant -B -i interface -c <(wpa_passphrase gcat ***) outputs the following: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant Could not read interface int

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Severus
Hi Sadeep, On 11/16/23 16:42, Sadeep Madurange wrote: Hi Severus, On 2023-11-16 15:39:49, Severus wrote: Could you show wpa_supplicant's output instead? Is there anything particular you would like to see from wpa_supplicant? If I try to connect to gcat (SSID) by issuing the following comman

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Sadeep Madurange
Hi Severus, On 2023-11-16 15:39:49, Severus wrote: > Could you show wpa_supplicant's output instead? Is there anything particular you would like to see from wpa_supplicant? If I try to connect to gcat (SSID) by issuing the following command, it fails to connect with the error "wlp0s20f3: No suit

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Sadeep Madurange
On 2023-11-16 10:06:17, Jaron Kent-Dobias wrote: > On Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 16:56 (+0800), Sadeep Madurange wrote: > > The AP is using frequency 5240MHz. This frequency is disabled on the > > T490 according to the output of iw list | grep -A 15 Frequencies:. > > Great, so we know the probl

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Jaron Kent-Dobias
Hi Sadeep, On Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 16:56 (+0800), Sadeep Madurange wrote: The AP is using frequency 5240MHz. This frequency is disabled on the T490 according to the output of iw list | grep -A 15 Frequencies:. Great, so we know the problem! The ArchWiki page I linked earlier [1] has

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Sadeep Madurange
On 2023-11-16 09:28:34, Jaron Kent-Dobias wrote: > > However, running iw list | grep -A 15 Frequencies: on my T490 (which is > > the machine giving me the problem), I see the following output where > > 5GHz channels as disabled: > > > > [...] > > > > Does that mean anything to anyone? Thanks. >

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Severus
Hi Sadeep, On 11/16/23 15:33, Sadeep Madurange wrote: Hi Ralph, On 2023-11-16 08:16:38, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Following is the result of journalctl | grep gcat: ... Nov 16 09:22:09 asciimx network[809]: Starting network profile 'wlp0s20f3-gcat'... Nov 16 09:22:25 asciimx network[809]: Faile

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Sadeep Madurange
Hi Ralph, On 2023-11-16 08:16:38, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Following is the result of journalctl | grep gcat: > ... > > Nov 16 09:22:09 asciimx network[809]: Starting network profile > > 'wlp0s20f3-gcat'... > > Nov 16 09:22:25 asciimx network[809]: Failed to bring the network up for > > profile

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Jaron Kent-Dobias
Hi Sadeep, On Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 16:19 (+0800), Sadeep Madurange wrote: On 2023-11-16 08:35:41, Jaron Kent-Dobias wrote: I recommend checking that the regulatory domain of your laptop matches that of the hotspot. When they don't match, the hotspot can advertise on channels that are d

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Sadeep Madurange
Hi Jaron, On 2023-11-16 08:35:41, Jaron Kent-Dobias wrote: > I recommend checking that the regulatory domain of your laptop matches > that of the hotspot. When they don't match, the hotspot can advertise > on channels that are disabled on the laptop. > > The wiki has a note about this, as well as

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-16 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Sadeep, > Following is the result of journalctl | grep gcat: ... > Nov 16 09:22:09 asciimx network[809]: Starting network profile > 'wlp0s20f3-gcat'... > Nov 16 09:22:25 asciimx network[809]: Failed to bring the network up for > profile 'wlp0s20f3-gcat' Is there anything interesting between

Re: Can't connect to a 5GHz WiFi network

2023-11-15 Thread Jaron Kent-Dobias
Hi Sadeep, On Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 15:09 (+0800), Sadeep Madurange wrote: Since this Tuesday, my Arch machine, a ThinkPad T490, can't connect to a specific 5GHz WiFi network called gcat. The network is working fine because my work laptop, a ThinkPad X1 also running Arch, and my Android